Stake socket



H. E. MARTIN.

STAKE SOCKET- APPLICATION men on. so. 1920.

Patented Nov. 21, 1922.

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Patented Nov. 2i, M3 22.

HORACE EMERSGI'J MARTIN, F ATHENS, GEOBG-EA.

STAKE SOCKET.

Application filed October 30, 1929.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that citizen of the United States, residing at Athens, in the county of Clarke and State 5 of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stake Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sockets for securing stakes to the body portions of trucks, 1o wagons or other similar vehicles; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter "fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a stake socket constructed according to this invention, showing a portion of the wagon body in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. is a front view of the stake socket with the stake removed.

The wagon body is of any approved construction, and it preferably has a metal bar 6 secured to its side bar or member 5. This bar 6 is preferably angle-shaped in crosssection, but it may be of other approved shape, or it may be omitted altogether. When used, it is bolted to the waeon body with one flange arranged horizontally and projecting under the side member 5.

The socket is formed of cast metal, and it has a rectangular pocket 7 for receiving the lower end portion of the stake 8. This pocket may have straight parallel sides, front and back, or it may be tapered, if preierred. Two lugs 9 are formed on the upper parts of the sides 10 or" the pocket, and are secured to the vertical flange or the bar 6 by rivets 12 or other fastening devices. The sides 10 extend below the bar 6 and the wagon body, andhave extensions 14 which project under the horizontal. flange of the bar (5 and the part 5, and assist in holding the socket in place. A

The lower part 15 oi the back of the pocket is arranged below the vertical flange er the bar which extends across and forms T, HORACE E. li lnnrrn, a.

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the upper part of the back of the socket. The extensions 14 of the sides 10 project on the opposite sides of the back part 15 for about the width of the pocket from front to back, so that the back part 15 substantially at the middle part of the side portions. These extensions bear on the horizontal flange of the bar 6 and project under the truck body and operate to prevent the stake from sagging outwardly.

The front 16 of the socket is arranged at its upper part. and above the level of the part 15. The sides 10 and the parts 9, 14, 15 and 16 are cast integral with each other. The back part 15 and the sides 10 have a lug 18 at their bottom parts which projects horizontally under the pocket, and aflords a support for the bottom end of the stake. The stake is secured to the back part 15, by a bolt 19, and the horizontal flange of the bar 6 is secured to the wagon body by a bolt 20.

A stake socket constructed in this manner is inexpensive to manufacture, and operates to hold the stake securely in place.

What I claim is: I

A stake socket formed of a single piece of cast metal, said socket having a pocket for the stake provided with a back which extends substantially tor one-half the height of the pocket and which has a forwardly .75 projecting lug at its bottom for the bottom of the stake to rest on, the lower parts of the sides of the pocket being extended rearwardly with their tops level with the top of the said back so as to engage with the underside of a wagon body and prevent the stake socket from tilting forwardly, said socket having also tastening lugs at its upper part which project laterally from the said sides in line with the space between the said sides above the top of the said back.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature.

HORACE EMERSON MARTIN. 

